It has become increasingly evident that the Banned Books Awareness column must rise and once again light the darkness of censorship.As most readers are aware by now, the award-winning graphic novel, Maus, has been at the center of a massive censorship effort in McMinn County, Tennessee.I was contacted today by […]
The lines in the sand continue to form at colleges across the country. While many colleges are instituting “safe spaces” and banning “trigger words”, some are not coddling their student body. The University of Chicago recently made it clear to its crop of incoming students that academic freedom and inquiry […]
With support from the American Library Association (ALA), U.K. organizations have united to host Banned Books Week programs throughout London, demonstrating that censorship is not confined to the United States. http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/banned-books-week-makes-international-splash-across-pond
According to tintaanakmuda.wordpress.com, by 2015, Home Ministry alone have banned over 1543 titles! And this number doesn’t even include the ones that have been banned by JAKIM, so there could be many more. Is this number even accurate? Thankfully the Home Ministry website provided a list of banned books that you can view on their website. […]
“What is history, but a fable agreed upon”- Napoleon
There is a growing epidemic among the youth of America. It starts during the grade-school years, when parents curtail the development of critical thinking and free will in their children, conditioning them to believe that the world does and will always coddle their fragile sense of self. They are taught […]
Cars, trucks, airplanes, guns, knives and computers are not supposed to be used in a criminal act; yet, every day they are. Last week, a terrorist in Nice, France, managed to kill more people with a truck than has any single mass shooter. Yet, no one is calling for a […]
Upholding an author’s right to write unhindered under the freedom of speech enshrined in Article 19 (1) (a) of the Indian Constitution, the First Bench of the Madras High Court comprising Chief Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana said that the Tamil Nadu government’s attempt to gag Perumal Murugan, […]
Step 1: Subversively retract and/or subdue rights. Step 2: Fill the void with pop culture nonsense and “reality” programing to keep them distracted from Step 1. Step 3: Make the population forget they had rights to begin with. Repeat. A remarkable 39 percent of Americans are unable to name any […]
The Houston Symphony is teaming up with the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation and the Houston Area Urban League to offer free music lessons to hundreds of underserved K-2 Houston Independent School District students in the Kashmere, Wheatley, Scarborough and Booker T. Washington High School feeder patterns as part of […]
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